The Revenge of Haile Selassie: An Ethiopian GC AAR
May 2, 1936
Haile Selassie woke up with tears on his face. Today was the day that once-proud Ethiopia would finally have to yield to foreigners -Italians, as it turned out. The same people who, nine hundred years earlier, excommunicated his ancestors and all others who worshipped the Orthodox God. As if it was different than the Latin God.
He dressed himself in a soldier's uniform, with a gun, knife, and the rest, left his room, and turned to Wayzaro Menen, his wife. She was daughter of the previous emperor, and they had been married a quarter of a century this year. "Is there anything new we can do, my love?" he asked.
"Well, there is still that tribal ritual to give you strength and courage."
"I said I wouldn't do it. Ethiopia needs industrialization, not the so-called wisdom of the ancients. But I have nothing left to give, nor to lose. I will do it, before I sell my soul and give Ethiopia away."
"They are waiting outside for you. You should go now - the ceremony may take a while." Wayzaro lifted her tired and haggard face, went in their room, and started sobbing.
Selassie walked outside, where he met the tribal chief Benyam, of the Qwara tribe. They had kept their tribal rituals for over a half a millenium now, and had been founded when king Yeshaq I abdicated, took all his extended family, and left the capital for a remote location.
"You have decided to let us help you?" asked Benyam.
"Yes, my loyal chief. If you can, give me wisdom and strength, so that I might salvage some bit of Ethiopia from these Italian invaders," replied Haile.
"Indeed. We shall do that. Eat this," replied Benyam, getting a strange looking leaf and handing it to Haile.
Haile ate it, and the ceremony began. He was unable to tell much of what the ceremony was, except for that the men formed a circle around him and chanted some words, refraining the words "Strength and Wisdom of our Ancestors". But things began to be revealed to Haile - why Ethiopia had landed in this mess.
When the ceremony ended, Haile began to tell Benyam about his revelations. But Benyam held up his hand. "It is said, that one who experiences a true revelation from God during this ceremony, will be granted an opportunity to solve the problem that caused a need for the ceremony. But you must not tell anyone."
Haile nodded, and thanked the men for their ceremony. As they were leaving, the man with the herbs spun around. "I am sorry, I forgot to tell you," he intoned. "But you must eat this to be able to rectify the problem."
Haile looked at the powder the man held out. It has an aura about it, an aura of power. Haile nodded and took the powder. He then swallowed it. After that, no member of the tribe saw Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, again. Except the medicine man, who saw a flash of light. But to the rest, the Emperor vanished before their eyes. He indeed had been transported to receive the wisdom of the ancients - and to add his own.
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Country: Ethopia
Year: 1419
Settings: VH/Furious
Goals: To establish Ethiopia as a technological power at the very least. This can only occur if I get rid of the isolation penalty (sack Egypt). I will try to colonize Eritrea to prevent Italy from doing so and invading me from there. I also want to take Nubia (especially because they usually convert to Islam). I want to take Egypt, re-establish Coptic Christianity, take the Holy Land, and re-establish Christendom. By now Byzantium will have died, so I want to retake Constantinople. If I manage to do all this, which I might be able to, my next goal will be to convert Sardinia and Piedmonte to Orthodox
When I will reload :
1. To wake the AI. It's no fun beating up the Mamelukes if they fall asleep and quit raising troops
2. If my or the enemy's cavalry early on get cavalry death syndrome - ie, 6000 cavalry attack 6000 infantry and all the cavalry die.
3. If my vassals break vassalization when I try to annex. I might reload if they decline after 30 years when I am much bigger than they are, but I won't just try again the next month and reload if that fails.
4. If I accidentally trigger BB wars.
5. If I accidentally accept a peace treaty I really, really didn't want.
I will be updating mostly on weekends - I rarely have time during the week for long updates, though I could write short ones. And I have a major time commitment on weeknights that ends after this week.
May 2, 1936
Haile Selassie woke up with tears on his face. Today was the day that once-proud Ethiopia would finally have to yield to foreigners -Italians, as it turned out. The same people who, nine hundred years earlier, excommunicated his ancestors and all others who worshipped the Orthodox God. As if it was different than the Latin God.
He dressed himself in a soldier's uniform, with a gun, knife, and the rest, left his room, and turned to Wayzaro Menen, his wife. She was daughter of the previous emperor, and they had been married a quarter of a century this year. "Is there anything new we can do, my love?" he asked.
"Well, there is still that tribal ritual to give you strength and courage."
"I said I wouldn't do it. Ethiopia needs industrialization, not the so-called wisdom of the ancients. But I have nothing left to give, nor to lose. I will do it, before I sell my soul and give Ethiopia away."
"They are waiting outside for you. You should go now - the ceremony may take a while." Wayzaro lifted her tired and haggard face, went in their room, and started sobbing.
Selassie walked outside, where he met the tribal chief Benyam, of the Qwara tribe. They had kept their tribal rituals for over a half a millenium now, and had been founded when king Yeshaq I abdicated, took all his extended family, and left the capital for a remote location.
"You have decided to let us help you?" asked Benyam.
"Yes, my loyal chief. If you can, give me wisdom and strength, so that I might salvage some bit of Ethiopia from these Italian invaders," replied Haile.
"Indeed. We shall do that. Eat this," replied Benyam, getting a strange looking leaf and handing it to Haile.
Haile ate it, and the ceremony began. He was unable to tell much of what the ceremony was, except for that the men formed a circle around him and chanted some words, refraining the words "Strength and Wisdom of our Ancestors". But things began to be revealed to Haile - why Ethiopia had landed in this mess.
When the ceremony ended, Haile began to tell Benyam about his revelations. But Benyam held up his hand. "It is said, that one who experiences a true revelation from God during this ceremony, will be granted an opportunity to solve the problem that caused a need for the ceremony. But you must not tell anyone."
Haile nodded, and thanked the men for their ceremony. As they were leaving, the man with the herbs spun around. "I am sorry, I forgot to tell you," he intoned. "But you must eat this to be able to rectify the problem."
Haile looked at the powder the man held out. It has an aura about it, an aura of power. Haile nodded and took the powder. He then swallowed it. After that, no member of the tribe saw Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, again. Except the medicine man, who saw a flash of light. But to the rest, the Emperor vanished before their eyes. He indeed had been transported to receive the wisdom of the ancients - and to add his own.
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Country: Ethopia
Year: 1419
Settings: VH/Furious
Goals: To establish Ethiopia as a technological power at the very least. This can only occur if I get rid of the isolation penalty (sack Egypt). I will try to colonize Eritrea to prevent Italy from doing so and invading me from there. I also want to take Nubia (especially because they usually convert to Islam). I want to take Egypt, re-establish Coptic Christianity, take the Holy Land, and re-establish Christendom. By now Byzantium will have died, so I want to retake Constantinople. If I manage to do all this, which I might be able to, my next goal will be to convert Sardinia and Piedmonte to Orthodox
When I will reload :
1. To wake the AI. It's no fun beating up the Mamelukes if they fall asleep and quit raising troops
2. If my or the enemy's cavalry early on get cavalry death syndrome - ie, 6000 cavalry attack 6000 infantry and all the cavalry die.
3. If my vassals break vassalization when I try to annex. I might reload if they decline after 30 years when I am much bigger than they are, but I won't just try again the next month and reload if that fails.
4. If I accidentally trigger BB wars.
5. If I accidentally accept a peace treaty I really, really didn't want.
I will be updating mostly on weekends - I rarely have time during the week for long updates, though I could write short ones. And I have a major time commitment on weeknights that ends after this week.
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